Sudbury Hill Underground Station
Sudbury Hill is an above-ground London Underground station in the London Borough of Harrow . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 4 on Greenford Road. In 2013, 2.01 million passengers used this station served by the Piccadilly Line . About 150 meters to the north is the Sudbury Hill Harrow station of the Chiltern Railways .
The Metropolitan District Railway (MDR; predecessor of today's District Line ) opened a new line from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey to South Harrow on June 28, 1903 . The section between Ealing Common and Park Royal & Twyford Abbey had opened five days earlier. The new line was - together with the existing tracks from Acton Town - the first electrified underground railway. On July 4, 1932, operations on the route between Ealing Common and Rayners Lane were transferred to the Piccadilly Line .
The original station building was made of wood. It was demolished in 1930/31 in preparation for the transfer of the line to the Piccadilly Line and replaced by a new building. According to the plans of Charles Holden , a building was created that combines functionalism and Art Deco . It consists of a massive block of red bricks towering above a flat, functional building with high ceilings that allow a lot of natural daylight to penetrate the generously dimensioned counter hall. The station has been under monument protection ( Grade II ) since 1994 , together with the neighboring substation.
Web links
- Photo of the original wooden station building (1916)
- Photo of the entrance hall of the new station building (September 1934)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ District Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Piccadilly Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 14, 2013 .
- ^ Sudbury Hill London Regional Transport Underground station, and generating station. (No longer available online.) In: National heritage list of England. National Heritage, archived from the original on May 2, 2014 ; accessed on January 14, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '24.9 " N , 0 ° 20' 11.2" W.